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Arrange the following in increasing order of extent of hydrolysis
(A) PCl3 > AsCl3 > SbCl3 > BiCl3
(B) PCl3 > AsCl3 > BiCl3 > SbCl3
(C) BiCl3 > SbCl3 > AsCl3 > PCl3
(D )BiCl3 > SbCl3 > AsCl3 ≈ PCl3
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rahul nair
·2010-04-07 02:40:05
i think a,
stability of +3 oxidation state increases down the grpup..BiCl3 is most stable, so less tendency to undergo hydrolysis.....
eureka123
·2010-04-07 02:49:14
I thought hydrolysis was decided only by vacant d orbitals.....this concept is new..[1]
rahul nair
·2010-04-07 03:02:15
presence of d orbital is the main criteria but it is fulufiled by all the grps here
so now he have to compare the stability